龙眼褐斑病病原及其生物学特性

 龙眼褐斑病是危害龙眼苗期的一种主要叶部病害,根据病原菌形态、致病性,鉴定此菌为Bartalinia bischofiae Nag Raj。该菌生长最适温度为25~28℃,pH值为7~9,它能有效地利用各种碳源,但以阿拉伯树胶粉最好,氮源以硝酸铵最适。分生孢子需在水中才能萌发,3%的葡萄糖溶液可促进孢子萌发,其萌发最适温度为25~28℃,pH值为5~7。     

主要环境及营养因素对西瓜枯萎病菌生长的影响

采用菌丝生长速率法和产孢量测定研究了不同温度、光照、pH及碳氮源对来源于海南、河北和上海的3株西瓜枯萎病菌Fo-HN-46、Fo-HB-12和Fo-SH-1生长速率和产孢量的影响。结果表明:西瓜枯萎病菌菌株的适宜生长温度为20~30℃,Fo-HN-46最适生长温度为28℃,Fo-HB-12和Fo-SH-1最适生长温度为25℃,产孢的最适温度为28~30℃;光照对西瓜枯萎病菌生长速率无显著影响,对产孢影响显著,Fo-HN-46在黑暗条件下单位面积产孢量最高,Fo-HB-12和Fo-SH-1在半光照条件下产孢量最高;pH对西瓜枯萎病菌菌株的生长速率和产孢量有显著影响,pH 7~9时菌丝生长速率快,pH 8~11时产孢量高;葡萄糖、淀粉和乳糖作为碳源能够显著增加西瓜枯萎病菌的产孢量;蛋白胨作为氮源能显著促进菌丝生长,硝酸钠、酵母粉和蛋白胨均能显著增加西瓜枯萎病菌的产孢量。用最适碳源、氮源培养,Fo-HN-46生长速率大于Fo-HB-12和Fo-SH-1。Fo-SH-1产孢量高于Fo-HN-46和Fo-HB-12。     

龙船花赤枯病病原菌鉴定及其生物学特性测定

采用离体接种法对龙船花叶部病害的一种真菌进行了鉴定和生物学特性测定。结果表明,致病性测定与田间症状相似。通过对病原菌形态学、rDNA-ITS和β-微管蛋白序列的综合分析,确定该病原菌为龙船花拟盘多毛孢(Pestalotiopsis ixorae)。生物学特性测定表明,菌丝生长和分生孢子萌发最适温度为25℃,最适pH分别为6和7;光照更有利于菌丝生长;碳源以可溶性淀粉和D-甘露糖、氮源以硝酸钠最利于菌丝生长;分生孢子在液态水中萌发率最高,为85.3%;菌丝致死温度为50℃10 min,分生孢子致死温度为50℃20 min或55℃5 min。     

Effects of Herbicides on Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines and Development of Sudden Death Syndrome in Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean

ABSTRACT Sudden death syndrome of soybean, caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines, is a disease of increasing economic importance in the United States. Although the ecology of sudden death syndrome has been extensively studied in relation to crop management practices such as tillage, irrigation, and cultivar selection, there is no information on the effects of herbicides on this disease. Three herbicides (lactofen, glyphosate, and imazethapyr) commonly used in soybean were evaluated for their effects on the phenology of F. solani f. sp. glycines and the development of sudden death syndrome in four soybean cultivars varying in resistance to the disease and in tolerance to glyphosate. Conidial germination, mycelial growth, and sporulation in vitro were reduced by glyphosate and lactofen. In growth-chamber and greenhouse experiments, there was a significant increase in disease severity and frequency of isolation of F. solani f. sp. glycines from roots of all cultivars after application of imazethapyr or glyphosate compared with the control treatment (no herbicide applied). Conversely, disease severity and isolation frequency of F. solani f. sp. glycines decreased after application of lactofen. Across all herbicide treatments, severity of sudden death syndrome and isolation frequency were lower in disease-resistant than in susceptible cultivars. Results suggest that glyphosate-tolerant and -nontolerant cultivars respond similarly to infection by F. solani f. sp. glycines after herbicide application.     

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor herbicide effects on pythium root rot of sugarcane, pythium species, and the soil microbial community

ABSTRACT The effects of three protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor herbicides, azafenidin, flumioxazin, and sulfentrazone, on Pythium root rot of sugarcane and the soil microbial community were evaluated in greenhouse experiments. Herbicides were applied as foliar and soil treatments. There were no consistent effects on plant growth or disease parameters. However, some herbicide treatments affected the relative frequency of isolation of Pythium spp. from roots and reduced colonization by the pathogenic species Pythium arrhenomanes. A comparison of sole carbon source utilization profiles indicated that soil-applied herbicides altered the functional diversity of the soil microbial community, with some variation depending on herbicide used. All three herbicides inhibited the in vitro mycelial growth of P. arrhenomanes, P. aphanidermatum, and P. ultimum. Active ingredients were less inhibitory than formulated product for azafenidin and flumioxazin but not for sulfentrazone.     

The effect of temperature on the activity and metabolism of glyphosate applied to rhizome fragments of elymus repens (=Agropyron repens)

The effect of temperature on the activity and metabolism of glyphosate, as its mono(isopropylammonium) salt, in single-node rhizome fragments of Elymus repens was investigated in controlled environment cabinets. Post-treatment temperatures of 26/16° (day/night) reduced the activity of the herbicide compared with that at 10/6°, respectively. Under both temperature regimes and using [¹⁴C]glyphosatemono(isopropylammonium), more [¹⁴C]glyphosate accumulated in the node tissues and buds than in the internodes, but at teh higher temperature the rate of glyphosate metabolism was greater, and more ¹⁴C was lost as [¹⁴C]carbon dioxide. Evidence is presented to indicate that plant extracts contained at least two components which yielded glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid after both acid or base treatment, but not on incubation with β-glucosidase. It is therefore tentatively suggested that these metabolites are not β-glycosides but perhaps are conjugates with other natural plant constituents involving the phosphonyl and/or amino groups of the herbicide.     

Interaction of a bioherbicide and glyphosate for controlling hemp sesbania in glyphosate-resistant soybean

The bioherbicidal fungus, Colletotrichum truncatum (Schwein.) Andrus & Moore, was tested at different inoculum concentrations alone and in combination with, prior to or following treatment with different rates of glyphosate ( N -[phosphonomethyl]glycine) (Roundup Ultra) for the control of hemp sesbania ( Sesbania exaltata [Raf.] Rydb. ex A.W. Hill) in Roundup Ready soybean field plots. Colletotrichum truncatum and glyphosate were applied in all pair-wise combinations of 0, 1.25, 2.5, 5.0, and 10.0 × 10⁶ spores mL⁻¹ (i.e. 3.125, 6.25, 12.5, and 25 × 10¹¹ spores ha⁻¹), and 0.15, 0.30, 0.60, and 1.2 kg ha⁻¹, respectively. Weed control and disease incidence were enhanced at the two lowest fungal and herbicidal rates when the fungal spores were applied after glyphosate treatment. The application of the fungus in combination with or prior to glyphosate application at 0.30 kg ha⁻¹ resulted in reduced disease incidence and weed control regardless of the inoculum's concentration. At the highest glyphosate rates, the weeds were controlled by the herbicide alone. These results suggest that it might be possible to utilize additive or synergistic herbicide and pathogen interactions to enhance hemp sesbania control.     

Matching herbicide application rates with the environmental conditions and growth stages of nodding thistle (Carduus nutans) and hairy buttercup (Ranunculus sardous) in pastures

Glasshouse experiments were conducted to evaluate whether herbicide application rates could be reliably reduced without compromising the efficacy of the herbicide. The seedling, and vegetative and preflowering plants of nodding thistle ( Carduus nutans ) and hairy buttercup ( Ranunculus sardous ) were treated with different rates of glyphosate or a mixture of picloram and triclopyr. Half of the plants were well-watered at all times while the other half was moisture-stressed for 1 week before the herbicide treatments were applied. Hairy buttercup was more susceptible to glyphosate than nodding thistle, while both were equally susceptible to the picloram/triclopyr mixture. Moisture stress significantly reduced the efficacy of both herbicide treatments, regardless of the plant development stage or the herbicide rate applied.     

Influence of glyphosate on Rhizoctonia and Fusarium root rot in sugar beet

This study tests the effect of glyphosate application on disease severity in glyphosate-resistant sugar beet, and examines whether the increase in disease is fungal or plant mediated. In greenhouse studies of glyphosate-resistant sugar beet, increased disease severity was observed following glyphosate application and inoculation with certain isolates of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn and Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f. sp. betae Snyd. & Hans. Significant increases in disease severity were noted for R. solani AG-2-2 isolate R-9 and moderately virulent F. oxysporum isolate FOB13 on both cultivars tested, regardless of the duration between glyphosate application and pathogen challenge, but not with highly virulent F. oxysporum isolate F-19 or an isolate of R. solani AG-4. The increase in disease does not appear to be fungal mediated, since in vitro studies showed no positive impact of glyphosate on fungal growth or overwintering structure production or germination for either pathogen. Studies of glyphosate impact on sugar beet physiology showed that shikimic acid accumulation is tissue specific and the rate of accumulation is greatly reduced in resistant cultivars when compared with a susceptible cultivar. The results indicate that precautions need to be taken when certain soil-borne diseases are present if weed management for sugar beet is to include post-emergence glyphosate treatments.     

Glyphosate reduces urediniospore development and Puccinia psidii disease severity on Eucalyptus grandis

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown the effects of glyphosate drift on decreasing rust intensity on Eucalyptus grandis plants. However, the effects of the herbicide on Puccinia psidii initial development are unknown. In this study the systemic action of glyphosate on rust severity was evaluated on Eucalyptus plants maintained under greenhouse conditions. Urediniospore germination and apressorium formation on detached leaves and on water agar medium, previously treated with glyphosate, were also evaluated. RESULTS: Rust severity and the number of urediniospores per leaf area were significantly reduced with increasing glyphosate doses, even on branches not directly treated with the herbicide, indicating a systemic effect of glyphosate on pathogen development. Similarly, higher glyphosate doses also reduced germination and apressorium formation on detached Eucalyptus leaves, regardless of the direct application of the product on the leaf limb or on the petiole base. Puccinia psidii urediniospore germination in water agar medium also decreased with increasing herbicide doses. CONCLUSIONS: Reductions in germination and apressorium formation of P. psidii urediniospores with increasing glyphosate dose indicate that a lower severity and intensity of the disease may perhaps be due to blockage of the shikimic acid pathway in the fungal metabolic system. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

转基因抗草甘膦玉米CL38-1的草甘膦耐受性及杂草化风险评价

以我国自主研制的转EPSPS基因抗除草剂玉米CL38-1为试验材料,通过抗除草剂喷施和生存竞争能力评价,研究其对目标除草剂草甘膦的耐受性以及在农田和荒地环境下杂草化的可能性。结果表明,在喷施41%草甘膦异丙胺盐水剂1 230 g/hm~2(推荐剂量)和2 460 g/hm~2(推荐剂量的2倍量)1、2、4周后,对玉米的株高及生长无不良影响,受害率为0。在农田环境下,转基因玉米CL38-1与非转基因对照郑58在生育期、株高、覆盖度、产量等方面无明显差异,在栽培地环境中可正常生长;在荒地条件下,较之杂草没有竞争优势,无杂草化风险。     

Influence of some biologically active compounds on microbial activity and on the availability of plant nutrients in soils. II. Nitrapyrin,dazomet, 2-chlorobenzamide and tributyl-3-chlorobenzylammonium bromide

The effect of the nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin (2-chloro-6-trichloromethylpyridine), the soil partial sterilant dazomet (tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione), the quaternary ammonium growth retardant tributyl-3-chlorobenzylammonium bromide, and the pre-emergent herbicide 2-chlorobenzamide on total microbial activity and available plant nutrient content of an acid and an alkaline soil during an incubation period of 6 weeks under aerobic conditions has been studied in comparison with untreated soils. The compounds were incorporated with the soils at normal application rates. At intervals determinations were made of carbon dioxide liberated, the content of ammonium and nitrate nitrogen and of some available plant nutrient mineral elements. All four compounds were found to influence these quantities. Nitrapyrin increased carbon dioxide production throughout and dazomet did so after initial depression. 2-Chlorobenzamide and the growth retardant reduced carbon dioxide liberation especially in the early stage of incubation. All the compounds retarded nitrification in both soils; an increase in ammonium nitrogen resulted in treated soils except in the alkaline soil containing the growth retardent, where ammonification was also reduced. A reduction in the content of available mineral nutrient elements was usually found suggesting interference with the biological oxidation of these elements to less available forms. However, available manganese was increased by dazomet, as were available iron and manganese by the growth retardent and 2-chlorobenzamide.     

The influence of volume rates on the activity of glyphosate and difenzoquat assessed by a parallel-line assay technique

The influence of volume rate and nozzle size on the activity of difenzoquat and glyphosate against outdoor, pot-grown wild oats and barley plants, respectively, was assessed using a parallel-line assay technique. The results showed that the assumption of parallel dose-response curves for difenzoquat and glyphosate was not rejected in either experiment. An inverse relationship between herbicidal activity and volume rate was found with both herbicides, but volume rate had a more pronounced impact on glyphosate activity than on difenzoquat activity. For a given spray volume, no impact of nozzle size on the activity of glyphosate was found. The advantages of applying the parallelline assay in studies of the influence on herbicide activity of factors not supposed to affect the mode of action of the herbicide are discussed.     

一株座壳孢菌的鉴定及营养和温度对其生长的影响

从江西赣南地区采集罹病的粉虱上分离得到座壳孢ZKB-1，形态学观察结合分子序列分析鉴定为扁座壳孢Aschersonia placenta。菌株ZKB-1对单糖、双糖、多糖等碳营养和有机氮、无机氮等氮营养的利用效果存在显著差异。菌株ZKB-1的菌丝生长以可溶性淀粉和酵母浸粉的最好（生长速率分别为0.56和0.60 mm/d），以葡萄糖和硫酸铵的最差（生长速率分别为0.36和0.44 mm/d）。菌株ZKB-1的分生孢子产生以葡萄糖和硝酸钾的最多（第21 d时的产孢量分别为7.78×10⁷和1.40×10⁸孢子/cm²），以可溶性淀粉和蛋白胨最少（第21 d时的产孢量分别为0.63×10⁷和1.20×10⁷孢子/cm²）。菌株ZKB-1在19~31℃均能正常生长，其菌丝生长和产孢的最适温度分别为28和25℃。本研究结果可为扁座壳孢菌的发酵生产提供参考。     

The phenylurea cytokinin 4PU-30 protects maize plants against glyphosate action

The effects of the phenylurea cytokinin 4PU-30 and the herbicide glyphosate, applied alone and in combination on young maize plants were investigated. The influence of the compounds on the changes of growth, chlorophyll content, levels of hydrogen peroxide, and some stress markers, the activities of peroxidase, catalase, and glutathione-S-transferase, as well as glutathione amount were measured 3, 6, and 10 days after the treatment. The application of glyphosate increased the levels of lipid peroxidation, glutathione, and free proline content, ion fluxes, and the activity of catalase, guaiacol peroxidase, and glutathione-S-transferase, i.e., along with the inhibition of its target enzyme the herbicide induced also an oxidative stress. We found that the phenylurea cytokinin 4PU-30 alleviated in some extent the detrimental effects due to the glyphosate action. Moreover, we speculated that the cytokinin renders its protective action by induction of “hardiness” in the antioxidant defense systems in maize plants similarly to the effects observed after the application of some herbicide safeners.     

牛筋草生防菌NJC-16的分离鉴定及生物学特性研究

为了筛选并获得低毒且高效的牛筋草生防菌,采用常规组织分离法获得牛筋草炭疽病病原菌菌株NJC-16,通过形态学观察结合ITS序列分析对菌株进行鉴定,确定该菌株为牛筋草炭疽菌Colletotrichum eleusines。该病原菌最适生长温度为25℃;不同光照条件对病原菌生长无显著差异;在供试碳（氮）源中病原菌对淀粉和酵母粉的利用效果最好;生长最适pH为6～9;菌丝的致死温度为65℃、10 min。室内生防试验表明,菌株NJC-16分生孢子悬浮液对牛筋草防效最佳,接菌21 d后牛筋草发病率为83.2%,鲜重防效达73%,对稗、马唐、千金子、反枝苋、大巢菜的生防效果较差。作物安全性试验表明,该菌株的分生孢子液对玉米、小麦、水稻安全。综上所述,菌株NJC-16有开发成为生物除草剂的潜力。     

Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) control under drought stress with 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and glyphosate

Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) is a common and troublesome weed in cropping systems throughout the United States. With the potential for future periods of low rainfall or drought, the need for improved weed control under drought stress is necessary. Drought stress typically reduces herbicide efficacy by reducing the foliar uptake of herbicides and their translocation. The objectives of this research were to determine the efficacy of 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4‐D) and glyphosate, applied alone or when tank‐mixed, on waterhemp under varying levels of drought stress, the effect of the timing of drought stress in relation to herbicide application and the absorption and translocation of each herbicide in drought‐stressed waterhemp. At reduced herbicide rates, 2,4‐D had a greater level of control of waterhemp under drought stress, compared to glyphosate. The level of herbicide efficacy was lower when the amount of water that was applied to the plants was reduced. The level of waterhemp control was greatest when drought stress occurred before the herbicide application and when the plants were watered to saturation after the application, compared to when drought stress occurred after the herbicide application or restricted watering levels occurred throughout the entire study. Glyphosate absorption and translocation were reduced in the drought‐stressed plants, but 2,4‐D absorption and translocation were not altered. The absence of a reduction in 2,4‐D translocation in the drought‐stressed weeds has not been previously reported. Applying herbicides prior to a rainfall event could increase the weed control level, even if the weed is stressed. Determining how and why 2,4‐D absorption and translocation levels, compared to those of glyphosate, are unaffected by drought stress in waterhemp can aid in improving the control of drought‐stressed weeds with other postemergence herbicides.     

Expression of a wheat cytochrome P450 monooxygenase in yeast and its inhibition by glyphosate

Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide which acts by inhibiting 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase. Wheat cytochrome P450 monooxygenase specifically catalyzes the metabolism of some sulfonylurea herbicides such as chlorsulfuron and triasulfuron. Here we report that glyphosate is an inhibitor of a wheat cytochrome (CYP71C6v1), the cDNA of which was amplified by RT-PCR and heterologously expressed in yeast. The microsomal fractions derived from this strain had a Soret peak at 502 nm in the reduced carbon monoxide difference spectrum, which is a typical spectral characteristic. The addition of glyphosate to the microsomal protein resulted in a Type II spectrum indicative of binding via the nitrogen group to haem of cytochrome P450 as a sixth ligand. A spectral dissociation constant, K(s) of 70 micromol litre(-1) was observed and an IC50 of 11 micromol litre(-1) was found for glyphosate inhibition of CYP71C6v1 P450 activity.     

In vitro expression of variation of glyphosate tolerance in Sorghum halepense

The in vitro response of five different Sorghum halepense biotypes against the non-selective, broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate was assessed. Seeds from donor plants (collected in various sites all over Greece) were aseptically germinated on a hormone-free liquid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium and emerging plantlets were inoculated on a solid MS medium supplemented with 13.6 μM 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 4.6 μM kinetin for callus induction. Exponentially growing calli were initially subcultured twice on induction medium and then transferred to a selection medium containing 10⁻³ M or 10⁻⁴ M (a.i.) glyphosate. The fresh weight of the cultured calli and the callus viability (expressed as callus dehydrogenase activity) were reduced as glyphosate concentration increased. Significant differences were observed among different biotypes. Regenerated plantlets were submitted to a conventional evaluation for glyphosate tolerance. The observed in vitro response of S. halepense to glyphosate was directly related to the in vivo herbicide tolerance observed both on donor and on regenerant plants.     

Bermudagrass (Cynodon spp) dose-response relationships with clethodim, glufosinate and glyphosate

Greenhouse studies were conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of three commercial cultivars, eight experimental cultivars and common bermudagrass to clethodim, glufosinate and glyphosate. Each herbicide was applied at eight doses. Data were regressed on herbicide dose using a log-logistic curve (R2 = 0.56-0.95 for clethodim, R2 = 0.60-0.94 for glufosinate, and R2 = 0.70-0.96 for glyphosate). The herbicide rate that elicited a 50% plant response (I50) in the bermudagrass cultivars ranged from 0.04 to 0.19 kg ha(-1) clethodim, 0.19 to 1.33 kg ha(-1) glufosinate and 0.34 to 1.14 kg ha(-1) glyphosate. Relative to other cultivars, common bermudagrass was intermediate in its response to clethodim and among the most tolerant cultivars to glufosinate and glyphosate. TifSport was relatively tolerant to clethodim and glufosinate compared with other cultivars, but relatively sensitive to glyphosate. One cultivar, 94-437, was consistently among the most sensitive cultivars to each of the herbicides. While there were differential herbicide tolerances among the tested bermudagrass cultivars, there did not appear to be any naturally occurring herbicide resistance that could be commercially utilized. However, research indicated that breeding efforts should target herbicide resistance that is at least four times the registered use rate. Also, TifSport and Tifway have been identified as suitable representatives of triploid hybrid bermudagrass cultivars to be used to evaluate the success of turfgrass renovation programs.